Slip and friction mechanisms at polymer semi-dilute solutions / solid interfaces

The role of the polymer volume fraction, $\phi$, on steady state slippage and interfacial friction is investigated for a semi-dilute polystyrene solutions in diethyl phthalate in contact with two solid surfaces. Signicant slippage is evidenced for all samples, with slip lengths b obeying a power law dependence. The Navier's interfacial friction coecient, k, is deduced from the slip length measurements and from independent measurements of the solutions viscosity $\eta$. The observed scaling of k versus $\phi$ clearly excludes a molecular mechanism of friction based on the existence of a depletion layer. Instead, we show that the data of $\eta$($\phi$) and k($\phi$) are understood when taking into account the dependence of the solvent friction on $\phi$. Two models, based on the friction of blobs or of monomers on the solid surface, well describe our data. Both points out that the Navier's interfacial friction is a semi-local phenomenon

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